ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,231, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to YANTAI TAYHO ADVANCED MATERIALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Co. LTD (Yantai, China) and TAYHO BATTERY MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Yantai, China).

"Meta-aramid polymer with grid structure, and preparation method therefor and use thereof" was invented by Zhenhong Guan (Yantai, China), Ming Jiang (Yantai, China), Dan Li (Yantai, China) and Xiquan Song (Yantai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the process of forming the meta-aramid polymer, alkyl is introduced among macromolecules through alkylation, such that adjacent molecular chains are linked by a chemical bond so as to form a grid structure. A c...